LOBBS

I don't have access to a lathe small enough to deal with this type of work so I was pretty much stuck finding something close and working with it. From the dimensions I got over at DigitalCorvettes the tank is 5.5" by 20" or .220" by .8" in scale. After talking with Jim, one of the maintenance guys at work, he suggested an old #2 drill bit. We took some measurements and the shank of the bit came out at .219" and he donated an old dull one to me. Let me tell yeah working with high-speed tool steel was a lot of fun :roll: but here's the result: This is the tank upside down but it measures .219" by .801" after I put the concave radius on the bottom. After looking back at my reference pics, the tank sits in the fenderwell at a slight angle (top towards the motor)and the top of the tank is not perfectly flat all across. Part of the top is level when installed at an angle in the car so I have to put a facet on the top of the tank. My next step will be to make a casting of the metal billet and work with the resin copy for the final shaping of the top of the tank since it is the most visible part of the whole gig. This metal is just too hard to work with and I don't want to go back down to work on my holiday weekend to use their equipment. When I get the top right, I'll add the flange that's about 1/3 of the way down from the top and make another casting of the finished tank in case I ever decide to build another one of these again. After some eyeball engineering, I decided the full length tank can be duplicated on the model. I'll have to thin the firewall down to almost scale thickness and rework the inner fender a little. On the inner fender, I'm getting ready to attach a piece of .030" sheet stock on the suspension side of the kit inner fender, shape in the notches where it meets the frame and file out the original kit inner fender. This will leave just enough room for the tank to drop all the way down and attach to the frame like on the 1:1. I really need to figure out why my camera does this purple tint thing in macro mode. Sorry for the long post and thanks for looking.

Looking great as always, Izzy, can't wait to see it finished. You don't mind if I use yours as reference while I'm working on mine do ya? LOL

Great work as always Marc. It was good to chat with ya again at the Heartland Nats.

Here's the response I got over there. Hope it helps all those working on this mod to the Z06 kit. Hi Lobbs, The oil tank is 5.5" in diameter and 20" long. It has 3/8" diameter supply and return lines on 1.5" centerline and a 2.25" filler cap. The dipstick is off to the side and is yellow. The tank is cast aluminum and the filler cap and supply lines are black. Cap has white letters. Below are some drawings from the manual that may also help you with your model building project. Sam http://home.insightbb.com/~c6z06/oil%20sump%20pictures.htm

:shock: Wow, that's awesome!!

Great work on your Blazer Billy

Lookin sweet there Darin, can't wait to see it done

After seeing the pics you've posted I decided I'd probably be better served starting from scratch on the tank. I've got a post over on digitalcorvettes.com looking for dimensions. Planning on building it to those specs and shortening it til it fits right.

Those pics are great Izzy, just what I needed to get this project movin

Finally tracked one of these down on Wednesday. I've got the body nearly ready for a top coat. Only mods to the body involve opening up the grille in the nose. Base coat is Tamiya gray primer followed by Tamiya flat black. Once I get the areas that stay flat black masked off it'll get shot in Tamiya black with a Tamiya Gunmetal Grand Sport stripe and red hashmarks on the fenders. Started working on the oil tank under the hood. I think this tank from the C5R will be close enough with some mods. Thanks for looking.

Great job Izzy, I'm currently working on this kit too. I was wondering if anyone has a good pick from the top down showing the shape of the compartment that is left when the battery is removed. All the pics I've been able to find have the tank in place and it's difficult to guage how deep to make the new compartment. I've got the battery shaved out and I'm using a similar looking tank from the C5R kit for my project.